This archive report was first published on 15 July 2013.
On July 15, 2013, a prison officer at Shimo la Tewa was suspended after two inmates escaped from the facility in an incident that unfolded the previous evening.
The escape prompted disciplinary action against the officer as authorities moved to deal with the breach. The source report identifies the two men as repeat offenders, but does not provide their names or further details about how they got out.
Nyakundi Report is preserving the archive record as published, including the limited facts available in the original report. No additional information on the search, recapture, or wider security review was included in the source material.
